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UNITED STATES PATENT GFFQE AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER Louis Jensen, Chicago,Ill., assigner to United Autographic Register Co., Chicago, Ill., a.corporation of Illinois Application December 3, 1934, Serial No. 755,815

4 Claims.

This invention relates to autographic registers and more particularly toimproved mechanism for advancing the stationery and insuring propermechanism with respect to the feeding mechabodiment in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Fig. l is `a broken longitudinal sectional view ofan autographic register embodying the invention, taken as'indicated atline I of Fig. 5; Fig. 2

.Y is a broken plan view of the same showing the platen and indicatingdevice; Fig. 3 is a broken sectional View taken as indicated at line 3of Fig. 5; Fig. 4 is a sectional View taken as indicated at line il ofFig. 5; Fig. 5 is a transverse vertical sectional view of the feed andpresser mechanism; and Fig. 6 is an elevational View of the indicatingmember.

In the embodiment illustrated, A designates a casing having a skeletoncover A; B, a stationery feeding unit; C, presser-mechanism actuated bythe feeding mechanism; and D,v guiding means within the recordcompartment of the register actuated by the feeding mechanism. l

The register A may be of the usual sheet-metal construction and is shownprovided with a depressed bottom member Il) to afford more clearance inthe supply compartment Il and the record compartment lla. A transverseguide roller I2 is journaled in the front of the supply compartmentwhich is accessible through a door I3 hinged to the casing at I4 and isprovided with an angular guide member l5 which cooperates with the guideroll in preventing the stationery strips I6 from improperly leaving thesupply compartment. The crank side of the supply compartment is providedwith a carbon-roll chamber I1 which is provided with a cover-member -IBpivotally connected to the machine at i9. Carbon strips may be drawnfrom the compartment ll across the platen 2l in interleaved Theinvention is illustrated in a preferredy emrelation with the stationerystrips I8 in the wellknown manner. The record-compartment Mais alsoprovided with a door 22 to enable the record copies to be removed fromthe machine as desired. The'skeleton cover A' is pivotally connectednear the center of the casing and provides a housing 23 for apresser-roll 24 and shaft 25. The transverse jack shaft 25 is urgeddownwardly by means of springs 2G bearing against journal members 2l,and the right end of the shaft, as viewed in Fig. 5, is equipped with agear 28 to insure rotation of the presser-roll 24 with the sameperipheral speed as the feed-roll described below. The cover isprovidedvat its rear end with a tearoif edge 29 on which the issuingstrips may be severed in the usual manner. The stationery feeding unit Bcomprises a U- shaped unitary frame member having a front wall 30 andside walls 3|. The lower. portion `32 of the front wall is turnedforwardly and forms a flange by` which 'the unit is removably connectedto the floor I0 of the machine. The upper end of the front wall isturned rearwardly to form the slotted top wall 33 of the unit and hasdownwardly extending arms 35i which are rigidly connected to the sidewalls 3l and provide a very rigid construction. A feed roll shaft 35 isjournaled in the side walls of the frame and has one end extendingoutwardly through the casing A to connect with the operating crank 36.As shown in Figs. 2 and 5, the casing is pro-` vided with adepressiblebutton 35a to limit the crank to one complete revolution at a time. Amutilated feed wheel 3l provided with a cam 38 is rigidly connected tothe shaft 35. The wheel is provided with segments 3l@ secured inposition by means of screws 39 so that the wheel may be adjusted toaccommodate various lengths of forms. The shaft is further providedwitha cam' to operate the lpresser-mechanism C described below. AU-shaped supporting plate lll is pivotally mounted on a shaft @l2journaled in the side walls 3| of the frame. A coil spring 43 encirclesthe shaft and urges the plate for# wardly. The plate has two upwardlyextending arms whose edge portions 44 are turned real1m wardly toprovide journals for pivots i5 upon which jogging fingers 46 aremounted. The jogging ngers are in the form of rockers whose rear endsare acted upon by tension springs Zl'i. The rear portions of the fingersare forked and provide a narrow stud 48 which is adapted to engage slitsin the stationery and correct inaccuracies in the advancement of thestationery strips. The plate is further provided with `a rigidlyconnected rearwardly extending arm 49 having a roller 59 which engagesthe cam 38 and rocks the jogging fingers rearwardly in timedrelationship to the rotation of the shaft 35. The fingers are adapted toengage the Ystationery through slots 5l provided in the top 33 of theframe. The cam 38 is arranged so that the ngers advance just after themutilated portion of the feed-wheel has been presented towards thestationery and the strips are normally freed from the feed mechanism toenable the fingers to m-ake proper adjustments while advancing thestrips.

The presser mechanism C comprises a rock-` shaft 52 provided at itsright end, as viewed in Fig. 3, with a crank 53 which is connected by apitman 54 to a rocker member 55 pivotally connected to the frame by ascrew 5S and equipped with a roller 57 which engages the Vcam 4) on theshaft 35. A compression spring 58 urges the crank 53 downwardly. Thepresser member comprises a bent wire member 59 whose ends encircle theshaft 52 and are pivotally mounted thereon. A coil spring 69 is rigidlyconnected at 6| to the shaft 52 and has an arm 62 engaging the member 59so that the latter is yieldingly urged upwardly or downwardly when theshaft is rocked by the mechanism described above. The member 59 isprovided,l with upwardly extending loop portions 64 to prevent `thefolds in the stationery from accidentally dropping above the member 59.

The guiding mechanism D, Ais provided todirect the record-strip into aproper refolded condition within the record compartment l2 and comprisesa concavo-convex member 65 which is pivoted to the upper portion of the`casing at 56 and is provided with an operating arm 5'! which isyieldingly connected to a rock member 68 by means of a stiff spring 69.Acam member 'i0 is mounted on a stub shaft VH extending outwardly fromthe frame member 3l and has a gear l2 intermeshing with the gear 'i3 onthe shaft 35. The gear 'l2 has twice as many teeth as the gear '13 sothat it 'makes one revolution to -eachtwo revolutions of the shaft 35.The

rock member 68 is pivoted to the frame 3l at 'I4 and is equipped with arollerv 'l5 which is held in engagement with the cam I9 by means of atension-spring '16. Thus it will be understood that the member 65 willbe `swung from the position shown in Fig. l to the position shown inFig. 3 alternately duri-ng each rotation `of the'shaft 35.

The 4cor'itinuous-form stationery strips I6 are provided with lines ofweakening which form the junctions between forms and facilitate the zig-Zag folding. It has been found that the record Vstrips will refold inthe record compartment,

with less difficulty, if the folds arein the same directions as theywere in the supply compartment. Accordingly, the printedV forms, whichare numbered consecutively, should be fed into the machine so that theguideV mechanism Dwill be in a proper position, relative tothe feedmechanism, to insure refolding in the same direction as in the supplycompartment. To accomplish this the forms are printed so that the evennumbers always appear in the same relative position in the supplypacket. In order that the operator may know whether the feed mechanismis properly positioned 'to receive `either the even or odd numberedtickets,van indicating device is provided, as shown in Figs. 5 and f6.It may comprise a stub shaft H 'adapted to slip into a journal member 78mounted on a side wall ofv or odd numbered forms.

the casing, and has a rigidly connected wheel 19 provided with anintegral gear 89 intermeshing with a gear Si which is rigidly connectedto the shaft 35. There are twice as many teeth in the gear 89 as in thegear 8l, so that the wheel 'I9 will make one-half a revolution for eachfull revolution of the shaft 35. The wheel 79 is provided with asuitable legend which will show through an opening in the platen andtell the operator Whether even or odd numbered tickets should be inposition over the platen. As is shown in Fig. 5, a large gear 82 isrigidly connected to the shaft 35 and serves to drive the presser rollshaft through the medium of the gea-r 28. Theindicating wheel may beheld in the journal 'E3-by having its lateral travel limited by the gear82.

1 To load the machine the operator leads stationery strips it from thesupply compartment I'aro-'und the guide roll l2 and over the platen 2ito aposition where slits 'Iain the strips are engaged by the jogginglingers 42. `As stated above, the handle 35 should be rotated until theindicating wheel 'i9 shows that the guide mechanism'is Vin properposition to receive the even The door I3 and cover A may then be closedand the machine is ready for operation in the ordinary manner.

The foregoing description has been given for clearness of Iunderstandingonly, and no unnecessary limitations should be understood therefrom,Abut Ythe appended claims should be construed as broadly as permissiblein view of the prior art.

Y I claim:

1. In an autographic register: a casing provided with a platen forming acover for an underlying supply-compartment, and a closedrecord-compartment; feed-mechanism at the rearof said platen adapted tofeed continuous-form stationery from a zig-zag folded packet in saidsupply-compartment over said platen to said record-compartment, theforms of said stationery` bearing serially alternating .indicia toindicate the direction of their original folds in said pack-A et.;mbvable guide-means in said record-compartment adapted to direct saidstationery into folds alternately at opposite ends of therecord-compartment; a movable loading-indicator exposed at the rear ofsaid platen adjacent to said feedmechanism bearing alternate indiciarelating to that on the stationery forms and adapted to show which formthe guide means is then adapted to refoldproperly, said indicator beingobservable when the compartments are closed; Iand means for actuatingsaid guide-means and loading-indicator in timed relation to the feedmechanism so that the visible indicia is vchanged after each operationof the feed-mechanism which advances one form lengthof stationery.

2. In an autographic register: a casing having a platen, asupply-compartment for a zig-zag folded packet of stationery lstripsprovided with register perforations, and a record-compartment forreceiving a record strip of said stationery; feeding and aligningmechanism including a reciproca-ting jogging member for advancing saidstrips less than one-form length during each operation, said joggingmember being in its -foremost position at the completion of a feedingoperation 'so as -to engage register perforations in the strips andfacilitate initial loading of the machine; a strip-guiding mounted insaid record-compartmentto directy retolding of said strip intoa zig-zagfolded packmember pivotally et; a packet-compressing member pivotallymounted in the casing to periodically compress one end of the recordpacket; and means operable by said feeding mechanism for actuating saidstrip-guiding member and compressing member in timed relation to theadvance of the stationery.

3. In an autographc register having a platen over which continuous-formstationery strips provided With register perforations may be led;feeding and aligning mechanism comprising: upper and lower cooperatingfeed wheels adapted to advance said strips less than a form-length andrelease the same; and jogging means mounted in front of said feed Wheelsto reciprocate in said casing in timed relation to the movement of thefeed Wheels, and upon release of the strips by the feed Wheels to engageperforations and complete the advance to one-form length, bringing theperforations into longitudinal alignment with the bite of said feedwheels.

4. A device specified in claim 3, in which the feed wheels are adaptedto reengage the strips at the completion of the forward advance of a setof forms so that the strips are engaged by both of the feed Wheels andjogging means when the forms are in inscription receiving position.

LOUIS JENSEN.

